 | from Pitts (J): Airs & Fantasias (1EMIPM08) 1 Air 1: Gentle interweaving [3'34] 65 minutes 5 seconds 14 tracks2 Fantasia 1: Clockwork 5/4 [3'23] 3 Air 2: After Satie [3'06] 4 Fantasia 2 (for prepared piano): On the Westminster chimes [4'11] 5 Air 3: On an anagram [4'17] 6 Fantasia 3: Parallel octaves [5'18] 7 Air 4: Sarabande [3'49] 8 Fantasia 4: Wind chimes [8'18] 9 Air 5: Calmly contented [3'57] 10 Fantasia 5: Bells in 9/8 [3'38] 11 Air 6: Modal twist [4'11] 12 Fantasia 6: Half-second-hand [5'33] 13 Air 7: Cantabile mist [5'56] 14 Fantasia 7: All in a chord [5'54] ‘Highly listenable stuff, very deftly in control of its chosen medium. A number of disparate influences are on display here, but welded into an overall idiom of considerable charm … "Intensely p ... ‘Are you going for piano triet brings this fine recording of interesting and evocative music to an exciting conclusion. As usual with Hyperion it is well recorded and it is all well worth liste ... |